Varieties of bahia for pasture use.
Pensacola bahia grass pictures.
Pensacola bahiagrass was released in 1944 by the georgia soil conservation service and the florida agriculture experiment station aes.
It grows well in colder soil temperatures which makes it ideal for the cooler.
Bahia grass is ideal for arid areas such as south america and the southern states in the us.
Pensacola has narrow leaves that are slightly longer than argentine bahia grass with many seed heads.
It is the most widely grown variety of bahiagrass.
Common pensacola argentine and paraguay.
A hardy quick growing grass bahia grass does not require much watering or fertilizing.
Pensacola bahia is commonly grown in pastures and along roads in the southeastern united states.
It is tolerant to hot or cold temperatures.
It can grow in shadier conditions than most warm season grasses and is grown in conjunction with pine tree farming pensacola bahia forms a dense thick sod that.
Bahia grass is often used for lawns.
It has an extensive root system giving it excellent drought tolerance.
This grass does well in poor sandy soils with limited nutrients and ph near 5 5 to 6 5.
It has an extensive root system that grows from 7 to 10 feet deep.
Per acre for argentine and 20 30 for pensacola and 10 25 for tifton.
1 iron supplement products and other soil amendments may be needed to keep bahia healthy and attractive.
However it produces noticeably more seed heads than the argentine variety.
This grass is a full sun high heat drought resistant easily seeded establisher.
There are four main types of bahia grass.
Pensacola bahia grass leaves are long and slim.
Seeding is done at the rate of 25 25 lb.
Although it is often referred to as pensacola grass this grass type is actually native to mexico as well as south america.
In these cases another warm season grass may be a.
Argentine bahia grass has dense deep green blades wider than pensacola bahia grass with a few seed heads.
2 in soils with ph above 7 0 bahia suffers iron deficiencies that result in pale yellow color.
For this reason pensacola grass is grown farther north than argentine grass because while frost can damage the top growth of pensacola bahia it recovers well.
This reduces its desirability as a lawn turf but makes it more desirable as a pasture grass.
Each seed size is slightly different according to the variety and the seeding rates are adjusted.
It tolerates hot and cold temperatures well but performs better than argentine in colder weather.
This type of grass is generally used as forage.
Pensacola bahia has an extensive root system which makes it extremely drought resistant.
Pensacola bahia grass was discovered in the coastal gulf of the florida panhandle and has since grown into one the major pasture grasses.
It also tolerates cold temperatures better than argentine.
